Vellarikai | Cucumber Pachadi Recipe

How to Make Vellarikai | Cucumber Pachadi

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Total times: 20 minutes

Serving: 3

Course: Side dish

Cuisine: south Indian recipe

Ingredients:

1 Vellarikai (Cucumber), chopped

50 ml Water

7 tblsp Curd

Salt as needed

For grinding:

7 sambar shallots, peeled

2 Green chilies

1/4 Cup Grated Coconut

2 Garlic

½ tsp Cumin seeds

For Tempering:

1 tblsp cooking oil

1 tsp Mustard seeds

1 sprig Curry leaves

Preparation:

1.     Transfer sambar shallots, grated coconut, cumin seeds, garlic and green chilies to the mix jar grind it as smooth paste and keep aside

Method:

1.       In a bowl heat 50 ml water

2.      When water starts to boil add vellarikai | Cucumber. Let it boil for 5 minutes

3.      Add shallot, coconut and green chilies paste. Mix well

4.      Let it cook till the masala raw smell disappear

5.      Switch off the flame let it sit for a minutes

6.      Add curd and mix well

7.      Mean while heat a pan add oil and mustard seeds

8.     When mustard seed crackle add curry leaves

9.      Pour the tempering over the vellarikkai pachdi and mix well

10.  Serve the vellarikkai pachadi with rice and sambar

Pictorial:

In a bowl heat 50 ml water

When water starts to boil add vellarikai | Cucumber. Let it boil for 5 minutes

Add shallot, coconut and green chilies paste, Mix well.Let it cook till the masala raw smell disappear

Switch off the flame let it sit for a minutes.Add curd and mix well

Mean while heat a pan add oil and mustard seeds.When mustard seed crackle add curry leaves

Pour the tempering over the vellarikkai pachdi and mix well

Serve the vellarikkai pachadi with rice and sambar

My notes:

Don’t add over water since already cucumber have the water content and we can add curd as well